Concluding thoughts

 

I'm hoping that we have had some good studies on this psalm. The most important indicator of that is how we can apply what we have learned to our everyday lives.

Have we learned some things from David's song? 
Or have we been reminded of things we already know?

I think the first application is that this psalm should humble us. We can marvel at our majestic Creator, and be amazed at His grace and love  - He cared so very much that He sent His Son to be our Savior.

"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all." (I Chronicles 29:11, NASB)

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, (Hebrews 1:3)

This psalm should also teach us the value of each and every person as beings created in God's image. We must treat other people with respect. This means opposing racism, and condemning hate and ridicule. In growing more like Christ, we will leave behind our old ways of looking at other people, and of judging by their appearance.

But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (I Samuel 16:7)

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:28)

Another lesson from Psalm 8: we must stand firmly against abortion. We cannot allow God's amazing and awe-inspiring creations to be treated as so much trash. A mere eighteen days from conception, just a bit more than two weeks, a baby's heartbeat can be heard on ultrasound. The only difference between that baby in the mother's womb and you and I, is time. We cannot continue to stand by as children are killed simply because they are inconvenient. Murdering these babies (because that IS what abortion is) is a horrific sin that we must confront.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5)

For You formed my inward parts;
         You wove me in my mother’s womb.

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
         Wonderful are Your works,
         And my soul knows it very well. (Psalm 139:13, 14)

Rescue those being led away to death,

and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,”

does not He who weighs hearts consider it?

Does not the One who guards your life know?

Will He not repay a man according to his deeds? (Proverbs 24:11-12)

Psalm 8 should also inspire us to stand against the absurd notion of evolution, which denies that we are created in God's image.  Evolution is just a way for sinful people to attempt to avoid their Creator! It is one of the biggest frauds that the devil has ever imposed on the human race.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)

For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:16-17)

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8)

We'll conclude our study tomorrow.